Cultural Studies

Fall 2024

All courses on this list are approved for General Education credit on a campus-wide basis. However, individual Colleges or curricula may require specific courses or course categories. Students should consult their advisors about selecting the general education courses which best fit their programs of study.

Effective Summer/Fall 2018: Undergraduates newly admitted in Summer/Fall 2018 or later (note this includes both freshman as well as transfers matriculating in Summer/Fall 2018 and after) need to complete one course in Non-Western Cultures; one course in US Minority Cultures; and one course in Western/Comparative Cultures.

Undergraduate students who matriculated Spring 2018 or prior need to complete one course in Non-Western or US Minority Cultures and one course in Western/Comparative Cultures.

Courses are added as they are approved.

General Education Abbreviations

ACP - Advanced Composition

HUM - Humanities and the Arts
HP - Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
LA - Literature and the Arts

SBS - Social and Behavioral Sciences
BSC - Behavioral Sciences
SS - Social Sciences

NAT - Natural Sciences and Technology
LS - Life Sciences
PS - Physical Sciences

CS - Cultural Studies
NW - Non-Western Culture(s)
US - US Minority Cultures
WCC - Western/Comparative Culture(s)

QR - Quantitative Reasoning
QR1 - Quantitative Reasoning I
QR2 - Quantitative Reasoning II

fall 2024 → CS → NW

General Education Category CS
COURSE	TITLE	CS	HUM	SBS
AFST 111	History of Africa to 1800	NW	HP
AFST 233	Context in International Interventions	NW		SS
AFST 254	Economic Systems in Africa	NW		SS
ABE 232	Context in International Interventions	NW		SS
ACE 251	The World Food Economy	NW		SS
ACE 254	Economic Systems in Africa	NW		SS
AIS 285	Indigenous Thinkers	NW	HP
ANTH 103	Anthro in a Changing World	NW		SS
ANTH 130	History of South Asia	NW	HP
ANTH 182	Latin American Cultures	NW		SS
ANTH 210	Families in Global Perspective	NW		SS
ANTH 278	Climate Change & Civilization	NW
ANTH 280	Anthropology of Martial Arts	NW		SS
ARAB 150	Lang&Culture of Arab World	NW
ASST 104	Asian Mythology	NW	HP
BCS 115	South Slavic Cultures	NW		SS
CMN 232	Intro to Intercultural Comm	NW		SS
CWL 114	Global Consciousness and Lit	NW	LA
CWL 189	Literatures of the Islamic World	NW	LA
CWL 223	The Qur'an (Koran)	NW	LA
CWL 230	Popular Cultures of Contemporary East Asia	NW	LA
CWL 275	Masterpieces of East Asian Lit	NW	LA
CWL 312	Japan Lit in Translation II	NW	LA
CPSC 131	Agriculture in Mythology	NW
ESE 106	Geographies of Globalization	NW		SS
EALC 120	East Asian Civilizations	NW	HP
EALC 207	Classical Chinese Lit	NW	LA
EALC 208	Chinese Cinema	NW	LA
EALC 222	Chinese Thought and Culture	NW	HP
EALC 225	Japanese Religions: Thought and Practice	NW	HP
EALC 230	Popular Cultures of Contemporary East Asia	NW	LA
EALC 250	Intro to Japanese Culture	NW		SS
EALC 275	Masterpieces of East Asian Lit	NW	LA
EALC 280	Anthropology of Martial Arts	NW		SS
EALC 306	Japan Lit in Translation II	NW	LA
EALC 365	Contemporary Korean Society	NW		SS BSC
EALC 367	History of Korea	NW	HP
ENGL 285	Postcolonial Literature in English	NW	LA
GGIS 101	Global Development & Environment	NW		SS
GGIS 106	Geographies of Globalization	NW		SS
HNDI 115	Language and Culture in India	NW
HIST 100	Global History	NW	HP
HIST 106	Modern Latin America	NW	HP
HIST 111	History of Africa to 1800	NW	HP
HIST 120	East Asian Civilizations	NW	HP
HIST 130	History of South Asia	NW	HP
HIST 205	Lived Experience in Latin America	NW	HP
HIST 212	History of Eastern Africa	NW	HP
HIST 222	Chinese Thought and Culture	NW	HP
HIST 325	History of Korea	NW	HP
HDFS 220	Families in Global Perspective	NW		SS
ARTJ 209	Chado (The Way of Tea)	NW
ARTJ 301	Manga: The Art of Image and Word	NW	LA
LAST 170	Que Pasa in Latin America? Cultures, Histories and Politics South of the Rio Grande	NW		SS
LAST 210	Life in the Andes	NW		SS
LING 115	Language and Culture in India	NW
LING 222	Language in Globalization	NW
MUS 133	Introduction to World Music	NW	LA
PHIL 110	World Religions	NW	HP
PS 152	The New Middle East	NW		SS
PS 241	Comp Politics in Dev Nations	NW		SS
REL 104	Asian Mythology	NW	HP
REL 110	World Religions	NW	HP
REL 214	Introduction to Islam	NW	HP
REL 223	The Qur'an (Koran)	NW	LA
SAME 150	Lang&Culture of Arab World	NW
SAME 152	The New Middle East	NW		SS
SAME 214	Introduction to Islam	NW	HP
SAME 223	The Qur'an (Koran)	NW	LA
SAME 250	Introduction to Middle East Studies	NW
UP 185	Cities in a Global Perspective	NW		SS

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ACP COMP1 CS HUM NAT QR SBS